Van Gogh's teachings

This article is about the teachings of Van Gogh and why he's an example to us all. In the fast paced world we live in today, we expect success to our work right away, but that's not how the world works. Van Gogh is a perfect example of this. He was late into the art game and didn't start until he was 27. He had a teacher for awhile, but the teacher thought he sucked and kicked him to the curb. At this point Van Gogh was broke, hungry and homeless. He was forced into moving back in with his parents. His parents didn't think much of his art and thought it was a waste of his life. He worked for a long time on faces from this point out, and never gave up. His first masterpiece in his opinion was called "The Potato Eaters". His brother was less than impressed though. It's really hard to go through life and only have one person to judge it, but Van Gogh did just that. He was a very Autotelic guy as the author points out. This mean he made art for himself and self improvement. He then studied color for awhile as he found it to be so much fun that he couldn't stop if he tried. Then finally his brother delivered him the great news that one of his paintings had finally been sold! But Van Gogh told his brother in the form of a weird metaphor that many people have a goal in life but ultimately don't know what they really want
I thought this article was very interesting and that is great advice for not only everyone but myself as well. I struggle with not wanting to create because I have no audience, but the philosophy that you should create for yourself and improvement is very important.